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Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and other websites are disabled by a massive cyber attack The affected companies are investigating the failures, which could be linked to a DDoS attack, in which they try to saturate the servers' response with a wave of false access demands   Several of the main websites and internet applications such as Twitter, Spotify or eBay have registered serious operational problems due to two computer attacks this Friday against a US DNS provider, which has spread to other countries, France Press reported. For more than two hours, access to Twitter and also to media like CNN, New York Times, Financial Times or The Guardian, has been impossible in the United States and has given problems in countries such as France or Spain, although in our country unemployment It has been shorter. In addition, Netflix, the HBO chain and the Paypal online payment service have also suffered problems.    More and more common, this type of cyber attacks consist...

Facebook falls in Spain The social network has been experiencing serious problems in its service this morning that prevent access to its platform Something has gone wrong." This is the message with which the more than 12 million Spanish users have found when accessing the Facebook website. A message that can be read from 11.00 in the morning and remains so far. Neither Google Chrome, nor Mozilla, nor Explorer. As reported by the website downdetector.es, many users have highlighted several access problems, reaching its peak at noon. The problem in access only occurs through its web platform, since the rest of the social network services work without any problems. Messenger, Whatsapp, Instagram has a normal operation. However, the Facebook application is generating some problems for users. According to the data of dowdetector.es, the fall of the service of the company of Mark Zuckerberg centers in the Iberian Peninsula and also in France. Innova + has been in contact with the Facebo...

Uber will bring its home delivery service to Portugal this year UberEats, which is already available in more than a hundred cities around the world, will arrive in Portugal by 2018    The Uber transport platform will begin operating its home delivery service, known as UberEats , in Portugal before the end of the year . Sources of Uber confirmed today to Efe the imminent arrival of this service, that "represents a reinforcement of the investment" of the platform in Portugal, where it aspires to connect its users "with the best restaurants" of Lisbon. "We want the gastronomic discovery and the delivery of meals to be quicker and more convenient for Lisboetas," Uber's general director in Portugal, Rui Bento, said in a statement. UberEats, already available in more than a hundred cities around the world, intends that restaurants in the Portuguese capital, regardless of their size, can deliver their services at home through a logistics platform with the com...

Whatsapp already knows where you are at any time The latest update of the app includes the geolocation option so that contacts know where the user is moving in real time    For some time now, the possibility has been rumored that WhatsApp would allow users to send the user's location in real time, which generated criticism and support in equal parts. The privacy is one of the most controversial points, although being a tool of choice, it is always voluntary. Now Whastapp has officially announced that it is launching the function to allow its millions of users around the world to "share the location in real time with their family and friends". Specific examples in which the user can use this new option are meetings with friends, tell relatives that you are okay or share a trip home.    The real-time location is a simple and safe way to share where you are," defends WhatsApp in the statement. In addition, the function is protected by end-to-end encryption and allows yo...

Bixby 2.0 improves its Spanish Samsung presents the new version of its virtual assistant for new devices    Samsung has gone to work to cut ground to its competitors in the race of virtual assistants. Alexa of Amazon, Cortana of Microsoft or Google Assistant are some of the most recognizable names to which Samsung was added with the arrival of Bixby. During this week, South Korean technology has presented version 2.0 in its developer conference. Improvements in which Bixby will have a better ability to recognize the assistant's natural language, as well as to better recognize the individual users that use it and is also about to land in Spanish    After debuting from the hand of the Galaxy S8, the firm's engineers have renewed it and for the first time will incorporate technology from Viv Labs, a company that Samsung acquired in 2016 in exchange for 215 million dollars. A strategic purchase that has added the ranks of the South Korean to the parents of Siri. With thi...

Blockchain to improve health United States works with block chains to expedite the exchange of information between hospitals    The connection is growing and with it the exchange of data is rigged. On many occasions, this information has a high degree of privacy. This is the case of hospitals with medical records and that on several occasions their security has been compromised with ransomware attacks. Therefore, the US medical centers are working with blockhain security to increase the security of the information that is shared among all the agents involved in the health world of the country. For years, the Center for Surveillance of Epidemiology and Laboratory Services in the United States has been working on the construction and development of real applications based on blockchain technology to monitor their safety.    This center is responsible for preventing the spread of pandemics throughout its territory and for this they must share data between the different ...

Things you should not do on WhatsApp Beware of sexting, scams, extortion or malware infection. The Office of Security of the Internet, OSI , has published an infographic showing the actions that should not be done in WhatsApp to avoid fraudulent practices or that may compromise the security of the user, advice that has been echoed by the Organization of Consumers and Users and that are developed in the infographic of the OSI: 1. Confidential information Even if you know the recipient of a message, do not send confidential information or you may be compromised. You can never know what the receiver will do with it. The same precaution must be taken with personal contacts and especially with groups, since sometimes we do not know all the members. 2. The origin of the links Beware of following the links we receive without noticing the site to which they point, that is, their origin. They can be a risk since the destination website can infect the device or steal our personal data if the pag...

Apple cuts half of the production of its new iPhones Experts say that only 25% of the phones of the Cupertino brand that are sold in the next 18 months will be of the eighth generation   Apple is not having good luck in its latest bets for this exercise. Last October, the Cupertino giant amazed with the introduction of three new smartphones: iPhone 8 8 Plus and commemorative iPhone X . However, the expectation for this last device is causing sales of the new iPhone 8 are not meeting the expectations of Tim Cook's team. Even the forecasts for the mobile of the tenth anniversary are not being liked by Apple, according to several houses of analysis.   According to GBH Insights, a market research firm based in New York, only 25% of the iPhones sold in the next 18 months will be of the eighth generation. The economic daily US Economic Daily News, collecting statements from a person close to the company's production chain in Taiwan, reveals that Apple has already reduced production ...

Technologists open the war for 360 cameras Samsung and Huawei bet on two innovative gadgets for their new devices    360 Round and EnVizion 360, these are the bets of Samsung and Huawei to dominate the terrain of the cameras in 360 degrees. The weeks in which the arrival of a gadget for mobile phones and which is connected through a USB Type-C are already rumored. This is Huawei's bet that allows you to take pictures with a 360 degree viewing angle directly from your mobile phone just by connecting it with your new EnVizion 360. The announcement has come from Hungary and the images taken with the resolution of the photographs made with Huawei EnVizion 360 will be 5326 x 2688 megapixels and the videos will have a resolution of 1920 x 960 pixels at a speed of 30 frames per second . However, this gadget is not new, since Motorola introduced this accessory not long ago.    Recently, Samsung has also presented its latest commitment in this aspect of the market, but has go...

United States allows the use of the first drug connected Abilify MyCite, a treatment indicated in psychiatric disorders, incorporates a sensor that indicates when it has been ingested by the patient    Smart phones, smart cars, smart cities ... The smart adjective is getting hooked to all devices of daily use, also in the sector of Health. The Food and Drug Administration of the United States has given the green light to Abilify MyCite, a treatment indicated in psychiatric disorders that incorporates a sensor that indicates when it has been ingested by the patient. This sensor allows the monitoring of the intake of medication by patients affected by mental disorders. Its use has been approved for treatment cases of schizophrenia, acute obsessive disorders, mixed disorders associated with bipolarity and as a complement for depressions in adults. "Being able to monitor the intake of prescribed medications for mental illness can be very useful in some patients," said Mitchell Ma...

Tesla bets on mobile batteries Powerbank is the first bet for this sector, but far from the market's leading bets    Last week, Tesla surprised the world with the presentation of its first electric truck and one of the fastest electric cars in history. But in the event was overshadowed Tesla's commitment to batteries, but for mobile devices. This new product of the company of Elon Musk copies the design of the company's superchargers and also does the same with its operation. It uses a single cell of standard lithium ions, which are used in vehicles prior to Tesla's Model 3. Powerbank, which is the name of the product, has a price of $ 45 and is far from the characteristics of other similar products in the market and for a lower price.    The device has a capacity of 3350mAh and its design is designed for the followers of the electric vehicle company. Powerbank can be connected to devices that use USB, microUSB and Lightning connections; so nothing of USB-C. However,...

WhatsApp wants the administrators of the groups to be the arbiters for a civic conversation The well-known messaging application prepares new functions in order to provide new permits    The group chats allow the conversation of several members of several people who often are not physically close. WhatsApp , a popular chat application, has boosted its consumption in recent years, but it is often the case that participants get bogged down in insults and foul language . To avoid these situations, the «app» has started to test in a new version of the service, which is still in the testing phase for iOS and Android systems, a series of new functions aimed at offering more options in the management of permissions of the administrators. Although in the chats there may be several, the administators are in charge of adding new members and eliminating them. But his tasks are basically reduced to this.    The idea is to expand the options. For now, according to WABetaInfo reve...

Chinese authorities block Skype The Ministry of Public Security withdraws the application from the Apple virtual store for not complying with certain laws    Chinese government authorities forced the withdrawal of the Skype application from Apple's App Store, the company announced on Wednesday. "The Ministry of Public Security has informed us that a number of VoIP applications [voice over the internet] do not comply with local law and that they have consequently been removed from the App Store in China," Apple said in a press release. "These applications are still available in all other markets where we do business," the company added without specifying that Chinese legislation that had been violated.     Skype, which is also not available in the main Chinese websites for downloading applications for Android, joins the long list of banned applications in China since this year it has strengthened its control of the Internet, among others forcing companies present...

Phone calls are not for millennials Spanish young people communicate through instant messaging applications, especially by WhatsApp    Eight out of ten Spaniards use a smartphone, according to the study 'Google Consumer Barometer Report'. In this study, researchers have also highlighted that people under 25 access the internet daily with the objective of making purchases. In terms of communication, millennials have also forgotten telephone calls and communicate through instant messaging applications, according to Asus. "Technological advances, the birth of social networks and instant messaging tools have modified the way we relate, but without a doubt, those who have experienced this change the most are the youngest," says Eva Garcés, expert in coaching and human relations.     74% of young people between 18 and 35 years old communicate daily with their friends through electronic devices, thus becoming the main means of communication among young people. Similarly, hi...

Google always knows where you are (even if you do not want to) The company denies access to this information through telephony antennas    Just turn on an Android phone, Google knows roughly the location of it, even if geolocation is disabled. This has been revealed by an investigation by the American media, Quartz. The giant of the seekers is the new eye of Big Brother, who sees everything and knows everything. Google 'monitors' all the movements of its users and even in Google Maps you can review the steps taken one by one, but now the concern is greater.     The collection of personal data by the technologists is a habitual story and accepted by the population. This concern for privacy has generated a lot of uncertainty among users and the authorities have begun to impose sanctions on the large multinationals in the sector. Facebook and Google, among many others, have already had to face fines for improper use of data from their users. Now the eyes are directed ag...

Video games, played by the interests of gambling Hawaii and Belgium study to regulate the so-called 'loot' boxes, chests with cosmetic objects or improvements in the performance of the player, which are awarded at random and in certain titles encourage to spend money     The boxes of rewards - chests, boxes of 'loot' or letters are some of the other denominations that have these peculiar booties - have been gradually incorporated into video games in recent years. They are hidden objects behind a closed box or a reversed card - chance is key - that the player discovers when finishing a level or fulfilling a certain objective. They became fashionable with the rise of the titles 'free to play', those games that are presented as free but that give the possibility of acquiring this type of reward paying.    In this way the player obtains a purely cosmetic object - a fun hat for the protagonist, for example - or improves his performance, which allows him to progress m...

How to avoid being scammed on Black Friday From the associations of consumers invite to «compare prices and not get carried away by discounts    Black Friday has established itself as one of the most attractive dates for Christmas shopping. The dance of offers is constant, so from the consumer associations invite "to compare prices and not get carried away by discounts" in order to avoid "being victims of a hoax." The spokesman for Facua-Consumidores en acción has warned on Thursday that many companies "inflate their prices" and then apply discounts that do not affect the reference value of the product. Therefore, to avoid "cheating", the group has advised the use of new technologies to compare in real time the retail price of a product in different establishments. "Formerly, the consumer had to go to another store to check if the price of a product was different, not now, now we can look at the platforms which is the establishment that offe...

Apple used minors to build their iPhone X in China The company acknowledges the accusations but says that they worked "voluntarily", although "they should not have been allowed to work extra hours"   Apple's new iPhone came to the Spanish market at the beginning of November with a price, which for the first time in its history, exceeded four figures. A device that means something more than 300 euros , without counting labor. Precisely, this last point has returned the Cupertino giant to the front pages. Their devices assembled in Asia have been splashed after an investigation by the Financial Times, which ensures the use of young students in the assembly line.    A point that Apple itself has confirmed: "In a recent audit we discovered that students work overtime in a supplier facility in China," they said in a statement published today claiming to have verified that "students worked voluntarily" and " they were compensated "but...

Video games leave in Spain 112 million per year The sector becomes one of the pillars of the Spanish cultural industry    The world market for video games represents total sales of 98,797 million euros, which is an expected increase for 2017 of 9.24%. In 2016, this market generated sales of 90,409 million euros worldwide. The Asia-Pacific region accounts for 46.9% of video game sales worldwide, which contrasts with sales of video game consoles, led by Europe with 35.8% of sales worldwide. The trend of sales figures by region suggests that the Asian market will continue to grow above the rest of the markets.    As for sales forecasts, after a few years of stability (except for 2014 when sales increased by 14%), sales in Europe are expected to grow at least for the next 5 years. The growth of the Asia-Pacific region, is already two figures since 2010 and is expected to remain at rates above 10% per year, at least until 2020. In the report, The videogame industry 2017, ...

Artificial intelligence detects false works with a brushstroke The strokes have to be clearly delimited    On November 15, an art collector paid nearly 400 million euros for a Da Vinci 65x45 cm. An investment that adds to the billions of euros that moves the Art market in everything in the world. Hundreds of transactions with strict security controls to avoid sales of fraudulent works. Identifying these fakes is not simple or cheap. The main techniques include infrared rays among other tools. However, American and Dutch researchers have managed to develop an artificial intelligence device capable of detecting the authenticity of the works just by their strokes.    To learn how to detect fake works, the University of Rutgers (United States) and the Study of Restoration and Research of Paintings (The Netherlands) have built a database with more than 300 drawings of famous artists. To carry out this project, the researchers created a neural network capable of detecting ...

Why the user will know before the next security breach Companies must inform those affected in less than 72 hours    In the same week there was a significant security breach in Uber two years ago and the fact that Google was still geolocating all Android users even if they did not have the GPS position activated. Two incidents that place the protection of user data on the target again. Does privacy have the days counted? In 2010 Mark Zuckerberg declared that the era of privacy was over. Almost eight years after that controversial phrase, experts say that we live in the data economy, which has become the new oil, the basis with which companies do their business.     And although it is true that there is a different way to regulate the protection of personal data in the United States and Europe, on both sides of the Atlantic controversy and controversy have generated two known news in the same week: the hacking of the accounts of all users of Uber and the fact that Goo...

The animojis come to Android The first apps that copy Apple's animated emoticons arrive on the Play Store    The animated emojis of Apple are the last sensation of the iPhone X and that have flooded the social networks. A success that has caused a sensation in the great rival of the giant of Cupertino, Android, and they have set to work to achieve it. But, every copy is usually bad and in this case the rule is met. Supermoji, which is available in the Play Store and for free, lets you bring the emojis of the system to life. However, if the innovative Apple system captures every facial gesture in detail, the Android program leaves something to be desired. Although, it is true that the application is able to identify the movements of our face, and move them in real time in the different emojis available. The app also allows you to add funds and different effects, and make recordings or captures to later share them on our social networks. The application for Android incorporates ...

The high season of cyber attacks begins Black Friday begins a great era of consumption where online gains ground    This weekend begins the Christmas campaign with Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday, two key dates for consumers around the world. An ideal time for cybercriminals, who try to trick them into gaining control of Internet users' data. Check Point researchers have recently discovered that hackers have a new way of tricking consumers online through the popular AliExpress portal. With more than 100 million customers and 23,000 million dollars in revenue worldwide, this AliBaba Group company is one of the most popular options to buy online. The new vulnerability allows cybercriminals to target buyers by sending them a link to AliExpress with malicious Javascript code. When the page is opened, the malware runs in the user's browser and bypasses the portal's protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. To do this, a redirect vulnerability is used on the web. In ...

Black Friday, the technological fever that makes your pocket tremble The Spaniards spend on average 100 euros only during this day | The most sought after products are smartphones and computers    This Thursday is a family day in the United States: gala dinner and a turkey carving on the table. This is the plan for the Americans tonight, tomorrow Friday another story. After celebrating Thanksgiving comes the kick-off of Christmas in the North American country and in Spain has been copied to the letter this day, which on the other side of the Atlantic is the most consumed. Originally, Black Friday or Black Friday was born in the 60s to give name to the great traffic jams after Thanksgiving. Technology and hyperconnection have taken this fever to all corners of the planet. TV ads, waves of mails, press announcements, everything to announce the 'rebates'. From the General Consumers Association (ASGECO) have qualified that Black Friday "are not rebates, it is a marketing campa...

Apple Macs also have security problems You can access computers with the High Sierra operating system without password     Apple is vulnerable and hackers have realized, although the giant of Cupertino has gotten to work to update their devices and end the vulnerability detected in macOS High Sierra, the latest version of its desktop operating system. "Security is a priority for all Apple products, and unfortunately there has been a stumbling block with this version of macOS," the company said in a statement. This small open door allows anyone to log in as if they were a user with access to system administration.     This Tuesday, the developer Lemi Orhan Ergin has raised the alarm on Twitter stating that "anyone" can log on to a computer with this operating system if it identifies with the name "root", leaves the field of the password empty and press the 'Unblock' button several times. In particular, this access was possible from the 'Users an...

Amazon looks for delivery men at 14 euros per hour The multinational launches the Amazon Flex service and offers an "extra" to the self-employed who go for the packages in the logistics center and deliver them to the homes     With the BlackFriday already gone and Jeff Bezos become the richest man in the world, Amazon gives the bell this week with the announcement of the arrival in Spain of its Flex program . It is a distribution system based on freelancers with their own vehicles that pick up the packages at the logistics centers and deliver them to homes at 14 euros per hour . A way to "significantly cut delivery times," explains the company. The requirements: be over 18 years of age, have a driving license in force, have your own medium-sized car and a smartphone. Interested self-employed workers must register with the Amazon Flex app and manage shipments based on their time availability and where they can deliver. "Participants will be evaluated and will be...

They create artificial muscles that allow robots to lift up to 1,000 times their weight It's like giving superpowers to these robots," said Daniela Rus, co-author of the discovery, after building these muscles inspired by origami.    Scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created artificial muscles inspired by origami and that give soft robots strength, allowing them to lift objects that are up to 1,000 times their weight. This advance, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , is based exclusively on the application of air or pressurized water in artificial muscles, called simply actuators . "We were very surprised at how strong these muscles were, we expected them to have a higher maximum functional weight than ordinary soft robots, but we did not expect a 1,000-fold increase, it's like giving superpowers to these robots," said Daniela Rus , coauthor of the study and professor...

Can they take you because of the GPS of the mobile? The TSJ of Asturias has endorsed the dismissal of a commercial when he went to rest at home during working hours    The use of new technologies is a daily habit and they have even been adopted at work. However, an inadequate use of these tools can disrupt the position held in a company. There are clear examples of misuse of social networks, also personal, improper use of the Internet, personal use of mobile devices exclusively for the workplace. These are some of the actions that have occupied minutes and pages in the media and that have caused labor conflicts between employers and employees. "Everything simpler, if we all acted correctly and fulfilled our duties, obligations, commitments and responsibilities," explains Fernado Ruiz-Beato partner of RB Ruiz Beato Abogados.     Last October, the Superior Court of Justice of Asturias (TSJA) considered valid the dismissal of a worker who the company accused of not comp...

Google wants to draw colors to the onlookers The company works in a system that alerts when someone looks at the screen of another person    Google researchers Hee Jung Ryu and Florian Schro have announced the presentation next week of a system based on the use of the front camera smartphone and artificial intelligence, which detects when a second person is watching the terminal screen. According to the Quartz portal, the system has been named by its creators as 'electronic screen protector', and consists of the combination of the front camera of a Google Pixel and the artificial intelligence of eye detection, which analyze if there is more of a person looking at the terminal screen.     Ryu has posted a video on YouTube showing how the system that Google researchers are developing interrupts a messaging application to show a view of the front camera, where the voyeur is identified with a mask similar to Snapchat's, formed in this case by a crosshair, a rainbow vomit...

Facebook is aimed at facial recognition The social network asks for selfies to check who is the user of the account    The fever of facial recognition has also reached social networks and not only this battle is fought in the manufacturers of smartphones. Artificial intelligence is becoming more advanced and, even, they have managed to beat Google's captcha. That is why Facebook has begun to install facial recognition to verify its users. The social network has confirmed, according to Wired, the veracity of this new security measure. Earlier this week, a Facebook user pointed out that Mark Zuckerberg's company was asking for an image "to verify his identity." Facebook indicates that it is testing this new functionality to detect suspicious activities in various interaction points on its website. These include creating accounts, sending friend requests, setting up ad payments, and creating or editing ads.     The social network with these tests will automatically dete...

Spain, one of the preferred destinations of the technology sector The cross is the Spanish talent drain, the fourth highest in Europe    The United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Netherlands are the favorite technological destinations in the Old Continent and just below Spain. This is the face of the Spanish technological ecosystem that is marred by the flight of national talents, which is the fourth highest figure in Europe. The Old Continent has received a record $ 19 trillion in European technology investments in 2017, but the most salient idea of ​​the State report on European Technology this year is that a war for talent is underway.     With twice as many graduates in the branches of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in Europe than in the United States, a technological workforce that grows three times faster than the EU average and a 17% increase in professional developers since 2016, it is clear that the continent's technological future is bui...

The Government sets the road map for the deployment of 5G networks At the beginning of 2018, the first frequency bands will be auctioned, which are 3.6 GHz and 1.5 GHz       The Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda today set the roadmap for the deployment in Spain of the 5G, with a series of measures such as the tender of the first frequency bands for this mobile technology and aids to promote the start-up of pilot projects. 5G technology is considered the cornerstone of digital transformation and its implementation will facilitate the provision of services that require high bandwidth in mobility and will give a boost to the applications of the Internet of Things (IoT), such as the connected car, the intelligent transport or the digitalisation of the rural environment.     The measures are included in the National Plan 5G, which the Ministry has published today and with which Spain joins Germany and the United Kingdom as the third country of the Europe...

An 'app' with small new features every month The new BBVA developments are based on the Design Thinking methodology and the Agile structure    Small functionalities instead of large and complex products. BBVA is adopting what is known as an Agile methodology to develop new ways and possibilities with which its customers can use their mobiles, which is allowing to incorporate new options every month. Among the latest news is to send money without having to enter the 'app', simply using Siri, 'chatbots' or Cashup. With the mobile app of BBVA and the different options that the bank is developing, an adoption pattern similar to that of WhatsApp is taking place: although it is usually the youngest who previously use these features, it is no longer possible to determine a unique profile of the type of user, since it is becoming more and more diverse. For example, one of the most used news for all types of customers is the sending of money from one mobile phone to anot...

The technological dependence, the food of cyber attacks Network security is a priority issue for the European Commission    This Thursday marks the International Day of Information Security. A celebration that aims to raise awareness about the importance of information security and the systems and environments that operate in it. A priority issue for the European Commission and one of the pillars of the R & D framework programs and the European Union's agendas. However, the Valencian company S2 Grupo has warned "of the need to improve in this area and reduce exposure to possible cyber attacks" "Cybersecurity is a critical factor to guarantee the digital transformation of Europe," says S2 Grupo's managing partner, Miguel A. Juan. "At the moment it is key to develop a strong sector with our own technology, because otherwise we will be exposed to increasingly complex cyber attacks and with greater impact on our society," he points out.     These a...